February 26, 2010
01:00 PM (EST)

News Release Number: STScI-2010-10

STScI Announces the 2010 Hubble Fellows

February 26, 2010: The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md.
has selected 17 new candidates for the 2010 Hubble Fellowship
Program. The fellows may pursue their research at any host
university or research center of their choosing in the United
States and will begin their programs in the fall of 2010. Each
fellowship provides support to the awardees for three years.
The awardees pursue research broadly related to NASA's
Cosmic Origins Program. The missions in this program examine
the origins of galaxies, stars, and planetary systems, and the
evolution of these structures with cosmic time, and presently
include: the Herschel Space Observatory, the Hubble Space
Telescope (HST), the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), and
the Spitzer Space Telescope. Inaugurated in 1990, the Hubble
Fellowship Program funds research opportunities for outstanding
candidates selected in 2010 from more than 230 applicants.